the general healthy lifestyle thread

[manutd.]

Good post bud. ;)

Sometimes, me and my friends like to change things around a bit. We'd take 45 lbs. and put it on our back while doing pushups. (Someone should be spotting just incase something happens.)

My friend also does sit ups and starts out with 45 lbs in his hands, then I pass him a 35 lbs, then 25 lbs, then 10  lbs, then he finishes. It's a pretty snazzy workout.

in your grade, or in the meet?  anyhow...I'm decent...I come top 20 at the big meets...and my time for 1500 is down to 5:00 now I think. I do it mostly as a supplement for soccer. My best distance is 3k, which I can now get in a good deal under 12 minutes (did 3.5-4k in 13 mins, so...). Did you do x-country this year? You are in gr. 9, right, so your distance would be 5k. Mine is like 6-6.5k now, seeing as i'm in grade 10.

In the final meet. I never went to cross-country boards cause I had a tournament, and I was sure I'd be able to crack the top 20. (The boards is way harder, just so everyone knows.)

I once ran 8km thinking it was 5km. I was prepping for our actual 5km run with my hockey team.

[TheGodEmperor]

Good post bud. ;)

Sometimes, me and my friends like to change things around a bit. We'd take 45 lbs. and put it on our back while doing pushups. (Someone should be spotting just incase something happens.)

My friend also does sit ups and starts out with 45 lbs in his hands, then I pass him a 35 lbs, then 25 lbs, then 10  lbs, then he finishes. It's a pretty snazzy workout.

in your grade, or in the meet?  anyhow...I'm decent...I come top 20 at the big meets...and my time for 1500 is down to 5:00 now I think. I do it mostly as a supplement for soccer. My best distance is 3k, which I can now get in a good deal under 12 minutes (did 3.5-4k in 13 mins, so...). Did you do x-country this year? You are in gr. 9, right, so your distance would be 5k. Mine is like 6-6.5k now, seeing as i'm in grade 10.

In the final meet. I never went to cross-country boards cause I had a tournament, and I was sure I'd be able to crack the top 20. (The boards is way harder, just so everyone knows.)

I once ran 8km thinking it was 5km. I was prepping for our actual 5km run with my hockey team.

8k isnt that bad...its the distance for senior runners. I ran like 9-10k from avenue road and eglinton to a good km past young and st. clair, and then back again. It was a beast of a run...I dropped like a stone when I got back...and it was at a pretty competitive pace too. And if you placed 1st in grade 8, you should definitely crack the top 20. I never get into the top spots. Its always been like that  :down: I always get the same place (between 22 and 18)  :bs:

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

the close-together pushups are sorta bad for your wrists + elbows. And trust, I know how tiring a good pushup workout can be. I usually do sets along the lines of 60-60-40, so I end up tired afterwards. And yes, cardio is the shit. Martial arts help with that too, and I do a fair amount of it, alongside all the other stuffd and schoolwork.

People tend to blow the "it's generally bad for you" shit way out of proportion.  As long as you do them properly, they shouldn't give you any problems, but as with anything, if it hurts, don't do it.

Yeah, I edited to clarify.  I meant that you could utilize the push-up to target your abs as well.

[manutd.]

Grade 6:
Cross Country: 2nd
800m (Track): 2nd

Grade 7:
Cross Country: 3rd
800m: 1st

Grade 8:
Cross Country: 1st
1500m: 1st

Those are my "stats".  :biggrin:

[TheGodEmperor]

Grade 6:
Cross Country: 2nd
800m (Track): 2nd

Grade 7:
Cross Country: 3rd
800m: 1st

Grade 8:
Cross Country: 1st
1500m: 1st

Those are my "stats".  :biggrin:

so you didnt run x-country in grade 9? the competition heats up in highschool. Same as in track. You are in the Brampton region, you you don't compete in the cities, do you?

[manutd.]

We had to wake up at 6am just to run like 3km.  :down:

I think we compete against Caledon, Orangeville, Mississauga?

Or is Mississauga in your region? Like ROPSSA.

[TheGodEmperor]

We had to wake up at 6am just to run like 3km.  :down:

I think we compete against Caledon, Orangeville, Mississauga?

Or is Mississauga in your region? Like ROPSSA.

yeah...I hate morning practices...and I am in Toronto, as in my school is downtown, so we are TDSB

[cigar omar]

Don't do any real exercisers. Play soccer when ever I get the chance. But Futsal season starts in 2 weeks.  Besides that the occasional walk or bike ride to and from Uni or the milk bar when I can't be bothered driving. Eat what you want when you want and fuck the consequence.

[TheGodEmperor]

Don't do any real exercisers. Play soccer when ever I get the chance. But Futsal season starts in 2 weeks.  Besides that the occasional walk or bike ride to and from Uni or the milk bar when I can't be bothered driving. Eat what you want when you want and fuck the consequence.

for shame...such a degenerate lifestyle  :biggrin:

[cigar omar]

Lamo thats only half of it I won't mention the rest. I don't know why tho, changing to a fitter life style has always being in my top 5 goals that I never manage to accomplish. Some times I get into to its for a few moths and some how its just falls apart one day and I'm back to square one again.

[a;sdlfkjas;df]

Limit yourself to certain things.

Don't just go all out with that bullshit.

[TheGodEmperor]

Lamo thats only half of it I won't mention the rest. I don't know why tho, changing to a fitter life style has always being in my top 5 goals that I never manage to accomplish. Some times I get into to its for a few moths and some how its just falls apart one day and I'm back to square one again.

apparently, if you exercise enough, you get hooked on certain chemicals that your body releases that are the same ones that you recieve off certain drugs (i think weed is one, but not sure...maybe shrooms...)...so if you exercise enough, you'll get addicted and thats that  :thumbsup:

by the way: do you play a lot of soccer?